Wife takes job as dishwasher at care facility just to see husband
JACKSONVILLE, FL (WJXT) — A woman was desperate to see her husband, who is fighting Alzheimer’s disease.
He lives in a memory care facility full time, and since long-term care facilities are not accepting visitors because of the pandemic, they hadn’t seen each other in more than three months.
Mary and Steve Daniel live only five miles apart. They hadn’t seen each other in 114 days until Mary got a part-time job as a dishwasher at the facility where her husband lives.
The Daniels are finally able to hug each other.
Mary Daniel says after she was hired, Rosecastle at Deerwood told her when she’s finished with her shift, she’s welcomed to visit with residents.
“He saw me and said, ‘Mary,’ and we hugged and just like how I thought it would be. Just to hold him again after 114 days is just an amazing, amazing feeling,” she said.
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